The GENAHTO Project (Gender and Alcohol’s Harm to Others): Design and Methods for a Multinational Study of Alcohol’s Harm to Persons Other than the Drinker

  • Sharon C. Wilsnack University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences
  • Thomas K. Greenfield Alcohol Research Group/Public Health Institute
  • Kim Bloomfield Aarhus University
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7895/ijadr.253
Keywords: ALCOHOL, HARMS, OTHERS, MULTINATIONAL, POLICY

Abstract

Aims: Most alcohol research has focused on how drinking harms the drinker. Research on alcohol’s harms to others (AHTO) has studied primarily single or small groups of countries. This article describes the methodology of a new multinational study—Gender and Alcohol’s Harm to Others (GENAHTO)—of how social and cultural contexts are related to AHTO, from the perspectives of both perpetrators and victims.
Design: The GENAHTO Project uses surveys in 21 countries that provide data from drinkers who report causing harms to others, and surveys in 16 countries that provide data from victims of AHTO. The countries surveyed vary widely in alcohol policies, drinking cultures, gender-role definitions, and socioeconomic conditions.
Participants: More than 140,000 men and women, aged 15–84, participated in the surveys.
Measures: Individual-level measures include demographics, alcohol use patterns, and alcohol-related harms. Regional- and societal-level measures include socioeconomic conditions, drinking patterns, alcohol policies, gender inequality, and income inequality.
Findings: The project seeks to identify characteristics of AHTO victims and perpetrators; within-country regional differences in AHTO; and associations between national alcohol polices and individual and regional levels of AHTO.
Conclusions: GENAHTO is the first project to assess AHTO in diverse societies. Its findings can inform policies to abate AHTO in varying cultural contexts.

Author Biographies

Sharon C. Wilsnack, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences
University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA
Thomas K. Greenfield, Alcohol Research Group/Public Health Institute
Alcohol Research Group/Public Health Institute, Emeryville, California, USA
Kim Bloomfield, Aarhus University
Centre for Alcohol and Drug Research, Aarhus University, Copenhagen, Denmark
Published
2018-11-27
How to Cite
Wilsnack, S. C., Greenfield, T. K., & Bloomfield, K. (2018). The GENAHTO Project (Gender and Alcohol’s Harm to Others): Design and Methods for a Multinational Study of Alcohol’s Harm to Persons Other than the Drinker. International Journal of Alcohol and Drug Research, 7(2), 37-47. https://doi.org/10.7895/ijadr.253
Issue
Vol. 7 No. 2 (2018)
Section
Papers

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